We rented when I was growing up. In my 18 years at home, I think we lived in 8 different houses. As we moved from place to place, we always "named" the houses, so we could distinguish which one we were talking about. Usually, they were named for the person we rented from, or perhaps something referring to the location. Each house had it's own personality, and thusly, a place in my memory. As you view these, if you are of the generation that remembers visiting "grandpa & grandma" some of these might seem familiar.
Date(s): July 1, 2003. Album by George Williams. 1 - 14 of 14 Total. 537 Visits.
1 The Cox Place One of two houses that I lived in still standing today. Named for the people who had owned it at one time. I only vaguely remember living there. "The Cox place was my favor..." View Comments...
2 The house in the Holler Not a great picture, but the best one I have. Those lovely young kids are (L to R), Irma Parsley, Jan Sparkman, Lois Cloyd and myself. We lived there from about 1944 to 1947 "I never liked the holler. ..." View Comments...
3 The Holler; a close up I included this here because it gives a close up of the house, so you can see how "primitive" it was. "Dad, with Jan & Lois, me i..." "And me in my little red ro..." View Comments...
4 A View in the Holler The intent of this picture was to capture the beauty of the large rose bush in the yard. But we only had black and white back then, so it doesn't show that well, but gives a good view of the farm.
5 The barn in the holler Mom loved her cows (her ducks and chickens too) Dad standing in the barn and me hanging on the side.
6 The barn at the "Caleb Place" The house no longer is standing, but the barn is as it was in 1948 "We rented from Caleb McFad..." "This is where we lived whe..." View Comments...
7 Rough Creek Sometimes called the "John Overbey Place", we rented from Kenneth Overbey's father. I liked it there, the neighbors had a boy my age. "I was going to Sue Bennett..." View Comments...
8 Site of the "Roscoe Magee Place" Located just south of London, the house was big and scary to me. Legend had it there had been a lynching in one of the big trees. "We rented from a well know..." View Comments...
9 Jan & George at the Magee Place Thanks to a collection provided by Lois, I can put a series of pictures together to show most of the Roscoe Magee place. Still do not have a picture of the front of the house with bay window and wrap-around porch that gave the place a personality.
10 This Lois, probably taken the same day A different camera angle shows the entrance to the kitchen/dining area.
11 Joe Palooka This is me in my fighting stance. Taken at the Magee place. "We now see the next part, ..." View Comments...
12 Sue Beckner & Jan At the Roscoe Magee place, 1952. This was not a part of the house we lived in, just an added wing, used for storage by the owner. "And last, you can see the ..." View Comments...
13 The Frey Place This will always be "HOME" to me. From April 1953 until August 1958 it was my world, it is where I grew up, it is where I still go in my dreams. "Known as the "L Shape..." "This is the one I remember..." "Great place for a kid to ..." "This, to me, will always b..." View Comments...
14 We didn't name this one We lived here when I graduated high school, and when I got married. This is the last house mom & dad lived in, but somehow, it was never home to me. "By the time we moved here ..." "The last time I was in Ky...." View Comments...
